Improved washing-machine



@dilated AT. BAILEY ANDy VIRGIL 'W. BLANCHARD, yOl? BRIDPORT, VERMONLeners Patent No. 87,617, ma Ma/rc'h 9, reco.

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. @M The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe sam'o.

Be it known that we, T. BAILEY and VIRGIL W.

l BLANCHARD, of Bridport, in the county of Addison, and State ofVermont, havejnvented certain new and useful Improvements inWashing-Machine; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference Our inventionconsists inthe employment, in a wash# ing-machine, 'of a perforateddiaphragm, revolving on rollers, in connection with a springclothes-pounder, for lhc purpose of injecting the dirty water from theclothes, through said perforations, into the bottom of the tub.

.To enable others skilled in the art to which our invention relates, tomake and employ the same, we will now `proceed 1 to describe'i'ts'construction and operation.

I 'n the accompanyingv drawing v A represents the tub, upon which isplaced a bar or support, 1B, secured thereto by means of clips, e e.

c designates a standard mortsed into the bar or support B, at one end,and provided at its upper end with a slot, into which is pivoted alever, .0, having its opposite end passing through a slotted upright baror standard,d, secured to the support B, and also provided-with ahandle, by which it may be operated.

Pivoted at its slotted end to the lever O, is an arm or bar, f, to thelower-end of which lis hinged another bar, m, made4 rounding on itslower portion, and prof vided thereat with a spiral spring, s, to bereferred to hereafter.

D is the spring clothes-pounder, which consists of the shoulder. orcross-piece b, through which passes the bar lm, it also being securedthereto.

L To the under side of this shoulder, on each side of bar m, is secureda bar or rod, m, passing through openings in the squeezer, or block,.m2, which is secured to the cross-piece b, by means of the spring s,.which will allow it to slide up and'down on the rods mr and har m, whenoperated so as to inject the water from the clothes through theperforated diaphragm E into the bottom of the tub.

E is the diaphragm, which is furnished with openings, e e, and made torevolve on rollers, e2 e, securedV to its lower side.

l F is a vertical shaft, pivoted at its lower end-in the' By means ofthe vertical shaft F, which is attachedV to diaphragm E, motion may begiven to said diaphragm. L.

The operation of our machine is as follows:

The clothes or articles'to be washed being inserted, with a sufficientquantity of water to cleanse them, into the tub, and the clothes restingon the diaphragm E, motion will be given to the lever C, which willcause the injector to have an upand-down motion, pressing against thearticles being washed, while the diaphragm E will have a revolvingmotion, 'so as 'to present the surface of the clothes to be washed,V tothe action of theinjector, and thus cause the dirty water from theclothes to be injected, through the -perforations in the diaphragm E,into 'the bottom ofthe tub, and thus separating the--dirty water fromthe water in which the clothes are being washed.

We do not claim the employment of a spring-pounder in washing-machines;but

What we do claim as our invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

In a washing-machine, the tub A, diaphragm E, shaft F, support B,ratchet-wheel G, pawl g, bar g1, armor bar g2, lever C, uprigbts c andd, arm j, and spring clothes-pounder D, all constructed, arranged, andoperated substantially as and for the purpose described. i

In testimonythat we claim the foregoing as our own, we aix oursignatures, in presence of two witnesses.

T. BAILEY.

Witnesses: VIRGIL W. BLANCHARD.

SHELDON SMITH, JAMES CARPENTER.

